fiji japan - Boxscore
FIJI
Tuesday 5th June 2012, KO: 19:10 Nagoya Municipal Mizuho Park Nagoya
JAPAN
Facts & Figures
Headlines
PNC Facts & Figures
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Wins against Fiji (24-13) and Tonga (28-27) saw Japan follow in the footsteps of the Junior All Blacks, New Zealand Maori and Samoa and win their first Pacific Nations Cup last year. HIROTOKI ONOZAWA will be the most experienced player on the pitch with 72 caps, he recently joined Daisuke Ohata (who holds the Japan try-scoring record with 69) in an exclusive club as the only two Japanese internationals to have ever scored 50 or more tries for their country. ONOZAWA is also second on the list for most appearances for Japan behind Yokio Motoki with 79 caps. Japan are fresh from winning their fifth consecutive Asian Five Nations tournament. Their emphatic 67-0 win over Hong Kong was their 20th consecutive bonus point win in the competition, giving new coach Eddie Jones a 100% winning record since taking over following Rugby World Cup 2011. Jones’ charges have scored 313 points during the first four games of his tenure, conceding just 11 points. Japan have averaged nine tries per match under Eddie Jones. They’ve scored 37 tries in total in his first four games in charge, converting 30 of them. Interestingly, they’ve yet to score a penalty. Fiji loosehead prop GRAHAM DEWES wins his 25th cap for his country on Tuesday yet will be the most experienced Fiji player on the pitch. In total Fiji have fielded seven new caps, and another three players who have ten caps or less. DEWES, No.8 NETANI TALEI and centre VERENEKI GONEVA are the only three Fiji players with more than 20 caps. Fiji’s backline contains a total of 25 caps between them and is littered with new caps (five in total). Centre VERENEKI GONEVA is the old hand with 22 caps, while NIKOLA MATAWALU is the second most senior player in the Fiji backline – with three caps. Japan replacement RYAN NICOLAS will break through the 200 point barrier if he scores seven points or more against Fiji. The Australian-born centre has amassed 193 points for his adopted country since making his debut against Korea in April, 2008, scoring nine tries and 53 conversions.
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Tuesday’s clash between Fiji and Japan is the 14th match between the two sides. Fiji have been victorious on 10 of those occasions with Japan winning the other three. This is reflected in the recent meetings between the two sides, with Fiji winning four out of the last five encounters. Japan were the most recent winners in matches between the two sides, beating Fiji 24-13 in a Pacific Nations Cup match in Lautoka last year. Fiji’s biggest win over Japan came in 2000, when they beat the home side 47-22 in Tokyo. Two of Japan’s wins over Fiji came within a week of each other. They beat a touring Fiji side 24-18 on the 8th of May 1994 and followed that up seven days later with 20-8 win. Japan’s biggest margin of victory over Fiji was in that 1994 Test, when they managed that 20-8 win over their neighbours. Their record points tally however came in a defeat to Fiji – when they were beaten 40-39 by the island nation in 2009. Only one drop goal has ever been scored in games between the two sides. That came in a Rugby World Cup 2003 pool game, when Kobe Steel flyhalf Andy Miller kicked a drop goal for Japan in a 41-13 loss to Fiji in Townsville.
Man in the Middle •
Ireland’s John Lacey makes his 5th appearance as an international referee when he officiates the Pacific Nations Cup match between Fiji and Japan on Tuesday. Lacey made his debut in 2009 when he refereed the France A versus Romania.
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Tonga’s Kurt Morath (95 points)has the opportunity in the Pacific Nations Cup clash against Samoa to overtake Fiji’s Taniela Rawaga (103 points)and Japan’s James Arlidge (96 points) and become the leading PNC points-scorer of all time. Japan’s HITOSHI ONO will equal the record for most PNC appearances when he lines out against Fiji. ONO will join Samoa’s Filipo Lavea Levi and Sunia Koto on 19 appearances. Fiji and Japan are playing in their 25th Pacific Nations Cup match. Fiji have won 11 of those games while Japan are looking for their eighth victory in the competition. Japan have conceded more points in the PNC than any other team – 827. With 115 tries against, they’re also the only team to have conceded more than 100 tries over the duration of the competition.
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Fiji and Japan have endured contrasting fortunes and calendars since last year’s Rugby World Cup. In total Fiji have now won just three of their last 18 Tests, including a couple of wins against Tonga and one against Namibia. Japan finished off their Rugby World Cup with a 23-23 draw against Canada in Napier and four wins on the trot under new coach Eddie Jones in the Asian Five Nations should give them the edge in terms of confidence. Fiji on the other hand, will look to this month’s Pacific Nations Cup to rebuild after a hugely disappointing effort at Rugby World Cup 2011. One solitary win, a 49-25 victory over Namibia in Rotorua was all they had to show for their efforts, before succumbing to heavy defeats against South Africa (49-3), Samoa (27-7) and Wales (66-0). Fiji’s poor run of results is reflected in its points and tries totals for the last five games. The Pacific island nation have conceded 199 points and 22 tries in their last five games, compared to Japan’s 34 and four tries. However Japan’s figures reflect the fact that four of their last five games have been at this year’s 2012 Asian Five Nations against a lower level of opposition.
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Fiji have announced no fewer than seven new caps in their side to play Japan on Tuesday. Lock APISAI NAIKATINI, flanker ILIESA RATUVA, flyhalf SETAREKI KOROILAGILAGI, wings WATISONI VOTU and WAISEA VUIDRAVUWALU, centre ISAKI KATONIBAU and fullback SIMELI KONIFEREDI all make their first starts for their country. In addition, replacements SEREMAIA NAUREURE, BENEDITO KOROI and ALOISIO BUTONIDUALEVU will all make their debuts if they come off the bench. Japan, by contrast, have no players making a debut but they do field a first XV with seven players with 10 caps or less. Japan has over twice as many caps on the pitch as Fiji (269 to Fiji’s 110) yet still manages to have a younger average age (27 to Fiji’s 28) than their opposition.
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Just two of the Fiji side ply their trade in Europe. VERENEKI GONEVA plays with Tarbes while No.8 and captain NETANI TALEI plays with Edinburgh. Replacement ALOISIO BUTONIDUALEVA is another playing in France, with newly promoted Top 14 side Grenoble. Eleven of Japan’s starting XV come from just two clubs – Suntory Sungoliath provide six of Japans starting XV while Toshiba Brave Lupus provide another five.
© International Rugby Board 2012. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System
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FIJI
JAPAN
Team Sheets
15 Simeli Koniferedi
FIJI IRB RANKING: 16 Test #: 287
Replacements
Gaunavou
14
13
12
11
Waisea Nayacalevu
Vereniki Goneva
Isake Katonibau
Watisoni Votu
Uprising, Deuba
Tarbes
Army Green, Suva
Vuda Blues
10
9
Setareki Koroilagilagi
Nikola Matawalu
Army
Navy
Key Stats
8 Netani Talei (C) Edinburgh
6 Iliesa Ratuva
7
5 Apisai Naikatini
Army Green, Suva
Toyota Verblitz
3
# Caps Starting Lineup: 110 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 28 Oldest Player: Iliesa Ratuva (32) Youngest Player: Waisea Nayacalevu (21) Avg Weight Forwards: 112 kg
Mala Ravulo
4
Leone Nakarawa
Ravuka Sharks, Nadroga
16 Seremaia Naureure (Sigatoka, Nadroga) 17 Waisea Daveta Nailago (Toorak) 18 Samu Bola (Police) 19 Kelevi Ketedromo (Navoci) 20 Kelemedi Bola (Kadavu) 21 Benedito Koroi (Navy) 22 Aloisio Butonidualevu (FC Grenoble)
North Harbour
Officials
2
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland) - 4 Tests
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Setefano Somoca
Viliame Veikoso
Graham Dewes
Police
QVSOB
Counties Manukau
Tests at Venue: 0 Tests Fiji: 0 Tests Japan: 0 Tests Test Debut: 16/06/2009 - France A v Romania
Assistant Referee 1: Pascal Gauzere (France)
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Yusuke Nagae
Takeshi Kizu
Kensuke Hatakeyama
Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers
Ricoh Black Rams
Suntory Sungoliath
4 6 Yuta Mochizuki
Assistant Referee 2: Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
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Shinya Makabe
Hitoshi Ono
Suntory Sungoliath
Toshiba Brave Lupus
Toshiba Brave Lupus
7 Takamichi Sasaki Suntory Sungoliath
8 Michael Leitch
16 Ryuhei Arita (Coca Cola West Red Sparks) 17 Hiroshi Yamashita (Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers) 18 Shoji Ito (Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers) 19 Takashi Kikutani (Toyota Verblitz) 20 Jun Fujii (Toshiba Brave Lupus) 21 Ryan Nicholas (Suntory Sungoliath) 22 Yasunori Nagatomo (Suntory Sungoliath)
Toshiba Brave Lupus
9
10
Atsushi Hiwasa
Kosei Ono
Suntory Sungoliath
Suntory Sungoliath
11
12
Replacements
13
14
Hirotoki Onozawa
Harumichi Tatekawa
Tomohiro Senba
Toshiaki Hirose (C)
Suntory Sungoliath
Kubota Spears
Toshiba Brave Lupus
Toshiba Brave Lupus
15 Ayumu Goromaru
Key Stats # Caps Starting Lineup: 269 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 27 Oldest Player: Hirotoki Onozawa (34) Youngest Player: Harumichi Tatekawa (22) Avg Weight Forwards: 106 kg
Yamaha Motor Jubilo JAPAN IRB RANKING: 14 Test #: 278
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FIJI
JAPAN
Head to Head
Recent Results Date
Team A
Result
Team B
Venue
13/07/2011
Japan
24
13
Fiji
Lautoka
12/06/2010
Fiji
22
8
Japan
Lautoka
03/07/2009
Fiji
40
39
Japan
Suva
22/06/2008
Japan
12
24
Fiji
Tokyo
12/09/2007
Japan
31
35
Fiji
Toulouse
Summary Fiji
13 Matches (0 Draw)
Japan
10
Won
3
355
Points
238
46
Tries
26
28
Conversions
14
25
Penalties
26
0
Drop Goals
1
Player Records For Fiji against Japan Sunia Koto - 6
For Japan against Fiji Appearances
6 - 2 Players
Nicky Little - 56
Points
Akapusi Qera - 4
Tries
Nicky Little - 10
Conversions
Nicky Little - 12
Penalties
7 - Keiji Hirose
Drop Goals
1 - Andy Miller
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22 - Ryan Nicholas 3 - 2 Players 4 - Ryan Nicholas
Player Records in a Match For Fiji against Japan Seremaia Bai on 03/07/2009 - 20
For Japan against Fiji Points
On 6 Occasions - 2
Tries
On 3 Occasions - 4
Conversions
Seremaia Bai on 03/07/2009 - 4 -
16 - Shotaro Onishi on 12/09/2007 2 - On 4 Occasions 4 - Ryan Nicholas on 03/07/2009
Penalties
4 - On 3 Occasions
Drop Goals
1 - Andy Miller on 23/10/2003
Team Records in a Match For Fiji against Japan
For Japan against Fiji
On 20/05/2000 - 47
Points
39 - On 03/07/2009
On 2 Occasions - 6
Tries
5 - On 03/07/2009
On 3 Occasions - 4
Conversions
4 - On 03/07/2009
On 2 Occasions - 4
Penalties
4 - On 3 Occasions
Drop Goals
1 - On 23/10/2003
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FIJI
Recent Matches
Head Coach: Inoke Male Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:
v ( -) 0.00% 0.00
Fiji Record Under Inoke Male 0 Wins
0 Drawn
0 Lost
Date
Opponent
Result
Venue
02/10/2011
Wales
L
0
66
Hamilton
25/09/2011
Samoa
L
7
27
Auckland
17/09/2011
South Africa
L
3
49
Wellington
10/09/2011
Namibia
W
49
25
Rotorua
19/08/2011
Tonga
L
20
32
Lautoka
0 For
Points
0 Against
0 For
Tries
0 Against
0 For
Conversions
0 Against
Points For
79
0 For
Penalties
0 Against
Points Ag
199
0 For
Drop Goals
0 Against
Tries For
9
Tries Ag
22
Player Info For Fiji Player Graham Dewes Viliame Veikoso Setefano Somoca Apisai Naikatini Leone Nakarawa Iliesa Ratuva Mala Ravulo Netani Talei (C) Nikola Matawalu Setareki Koroilagilagi Watisoni Votu Isake Katonibau Vereniki Goneva Waisea Nayacalevu Simeli Koniferedi
Pos
Age
Debut
Caps
Caps as Sub
Caps v Opponent
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points
Tries
Cons
Pens
DGs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
30 30 31 27 24 32 28 29 23 27 27 29 28 21 27
26/05/2007 14/11/2009 13/07/2011
24 15 5 0 11 0 9 21 3 0 0 0 22 0 0
8 8 3 0 4 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
5 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
11 5 0 0 4 0 3 12 2 0 0 0 8 0 0
1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 9 5 0 7 0 5 9 1 0 0 0 13 0 0
5 0 0 0 10 0 5 15 5 0 0 0 60 0 0
1 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 12 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
110
39
16
45
4
61
100
20
0
0
0
0 6 12 2 3 0 0
0 4 6 0 3 0 0
0 1 2 1 0 0 0
0 2 7 2 2 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 4 5 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 5 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21/11/2009 13/11/2010 10/06/2006 12/06/2010
19/05/2007
Total Seremaia Naureure Waisea Daveta Nailago Samu Bola Kelevi Ketedromo Kelemedi Bola Benedito Koroi Aloisio Butonidualevu
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
25 23 29 31 30 28 28
13/07/2011 13/06/2009 12/06/2010 28/11/2009
Records For Fiji Caps
Tries
Points
71 - Nicky Little
18 - Sanivalati Laulau
670 - Nicky Little
50 - Jacob Rauluni
16 - Fero Lasagavibau
268 - Severo Koroduadua
49 - Joeli Veitayaki
16 - Viliame Satala
223 - Seremaia Bai
Player Records (In a Match)
Team Records (In a Match)
Points:
36 - Severo Koroduadua v Niue Island on 10/09/1983
Points:
120 v Niue Island on 10/09/1983
Tries:
6 - Tevita Makutu v Papua New Guinea on 30/08/1979
Tries:
25 v Solomon Islands on 21/08/1969
Conversions:
18 - Severo Koroduadua v Niue Island on 10/09/1983
Conversions:
19 v Solomon Islands on 21/08/1969
Penalties:
7 - Nicky Little v Samoa on 08/07/2001
Penalties:
7 v Samoa on 08/07/2001
Drop Goals:
3 - Opeti Turuva v Samoa on 02/07/1994
Drop Goals:
3 on 2 Occasions
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JAPAN
Recent Matches
Head Coach: Eddie Jones Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:
28/04/2012 v Kazakhstan (W 87-0) 100.00% 12.00
Date
Opponent
19/05/2012
Hong Kong
W
67
0
Tokyo
12/05/2012
Korea
W
52
8
Seoul
0 Lost
05/05/2012
United Arab Emirates
W
106
3
Fukuoka
Japan Record Under Eddie Jones
Result
Venue
4 Wins
0 Drawn
312 For
Points
11 Against
28/04/2012
Kazakhstan
W
87
0
Almaty
48 For
Tries
1 Against
27/09/2011
Canada
D
23
23
Napier
36 For
Conversions
0 Against
0 For
Penalties
2 Against
0 For
Drop Goals
0 Against
Points For
335
Points Ag
34
Tries For
50
Tries Ag
4
Player Info For Japan Player Yusuke Nagae Takeshi Kizu Kensuke Hatakeyama Shinya Makabe Hitoshi Ono Yuta Mochizuki Takamichi Sasaki Michael Leitch Atsushi Hiwasa Kosei Ono Hirotoki Onozawa Harumichi Tatekawa Tomohiro Senba Toshiaki Hirose (C) Ayumu Goromaru Ryuhei Arita Hiroshi Yamashita Shoji Ito Takashi Kikutani Jun Fujii Ryan Nicholas Yasunori Nagatomo
Pos
Age
Debut
Caps
Caps as Sub
Caps v Opponent
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points
Tries
Cons
Pens
DGs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
26 23 26 25 34 30 28 23 25 25 34 22 29 30 26
28/04/2012 21/11/2009 16/11/2008 21/11/2009 16/05/2004 28/04/2012 29/04/2007 16/11/2008 30/04/2011 22/04/2007 17/06/2001 28/04/2012 28/04/2012 29/04/2007 16/04/2005
4 11 31 6 58 4 10 25 12 9 71 4 4 5 15
1 8 7 2 11 1 2 5 7 3 8 2 0 0 5
0 1 2 0 6 0 1 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 0
4 10 21 6 34 4 6 17 6 5 37 4 4 5 10
0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
0 1 9 0 21 0 4 7 5 4 31 0 0 0 5
0 25 40 5 50 10 20 35 0 20 255 11 10 25 111
0 5 8 1 10 2 4 7 0 2 51 1 2 5 9
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 33
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
269
62
18
173
9
87
617
108
38
2
0
28/04/2012 25/04/2009 28/04/2012 05/11/2005 28/04/2012 26/04/2008 01/05/2010
4 10 4 48 4 35 7
1 7 3 6 1 1 4
0 1 0 5 0 4 0
4 7 4 29 4 22 7
0 0 0 1 0 1 0
0 3 0 18 0 12 0
5 0 5 115 5 193 20
1 0 1 23 1 9 4
0 0 0 0 0 53 0
0 0 0 0 0 14 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 26 31 32 29 33 27
Records For Japan Caps
Tries
Points
79 - Yukio Motoki
69 - Daisuke Ohata
413 - Keiji Hirose
71 - Hirotoki Onozawa
49 - Hirotoki Onozawa
347 - Toru Kurihara
61 - Takeomi Ito
28 - Terunori Masuho
345 - Daisuke Ohata
Player Records (In a Match)
Team Records (In a Match)
Points:
60 - Toru Kurihara v Chinese Taipei on 21/07/2002
Points:
155 v Chinese Taipei on 06/07/2002
Tries:
8 - Daisuke Ohata v Chinese Taipei on 06/07/2002
Tries:
23 v Chinese Taipei on 06/07/2002
Conversions:
15 - Toru Kurihara v Chinese Taipei on 21/07/2002
Conversions:
20 v Chinese Taipei on 06/07/2002
Penalties:
9 - Keiji Hirose v Tonga on 08/05/1999
Penalties:
9 v Tonga on 08/05/1999
2 - Kensuke Iwabuchi v Argentina on 15/09/1998
Drop Goals:
2 v Argentina on 15/09/1998
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JAPAN
Facts & Figures
Headlines
PNC Facts & Figures
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Wins against Fiji (24-13) and Tonga (28-27) saw Japan follow in the footsteps of the Junior All Blacks, New Zealand Maori and Samoa and win their first Pacific Nations Cup last year. HIROTOKI ONOZAWA will be the most experienced player on the pitch with 72 caps, he recently joined Daisuke Ohata (who holds the Japan try-scoring record with 69) in an exclusive club as the only two Japanese internationals to have ever scored 50 or more tries for their country. ONOZAWA is also second on the list for most appearances for Japan behind Yokio Motoki with 79 caps. Japan are fresh from winning their fifth consecutive Asian Five Nations tournament. Their emphatic 67-0 win over Hong Kong was their 20th consecutive bonus point win in the competition, giving new coach Eddie Jones a 100% winning record since taking over following Rugby World Cup 2011. Jones’ charges have scored 313 points during the first four games of his tenure, conceding just 11 points. Japan have averaged nine tries per match under Eddie Jones. They’ve scored 37 tries in total in his first four games in charge, converting 30 of them. Interestingly, they’ve yet to score a penalty. Fiji loosehead prop GRAHAM DEWES wins his 25th cap for his country on Tuesday yet will be the most experienced Fiji player on the pitch. In total Fiji have fielded seven new caps, and another three players who have ten caps or less. DEWES, No.8 NETANI TALEI and centre VERENEKI GONEVA are the only three Fiji players with more than 20 caps. Fiji’s backline contains a total of 25 caps between them and is littered with new caps (five in total). Centre VERENEKI GONEVA is the old hand with 22 caps, while NIKOLA MATAWALU is the second most senior player in the Fiji backline – with three caps. Japan replacement RYAN NICOLAS will break through the 200 point barrier if he scores seven points or more against Fiji. The Australian-born centre has amassed 193 points for his adopted country since making his debut against Korea in April, 2008, scoring nine tries and 53 conversions.
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Tuesday’s clash between Fiji and Japan is the 14th match between the two sides. Fiji have been victorious on 10 of those occasions with Japan winning the other three. This is reflected in the recent meetings between the two sides, with Fiji winning four out of the last five encounters. Japan were the most recent winners in matches between the two sides, beating Fiji 24-13 in a Pacific Nations Cup match in Lautoka last year. Fiji’s biggest win over Japan came in 2000, when they beat the home side 47-22 in Tokyo. Two of Japan’s wins over Fiji came within a week of each other. They beat a touring Fiji side 24-18 on the 8th of May 1994 and followed that up seven days later with 20-8 win. Japan’s biggest margin of victory over Fiji was in that 1994 Test, when they managed that 20-8 win over their neighbours. Their record points tally however came in a defeat to Fiji – when they were beaten 40-39 by the island nation in 2009. Only one drop goal has ever been scored in games between the two sides. That came in a Rugby World Cup 2003 pool game, when Kobe Steel flyhalf Andy Miller kicked a drop goal for Japan in a 41-13 loss to Fiji in Townsville.
Man in the Middle •
Ireland’s John Lacey makes his 5th appearance as an international referee when he officiates the Pacific Nations Cup match between Fiji and Japan on Tuesday. Lacey made his debut in 2009 when he refereed the France A versus Romania.
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Tonga’s Kurt Morath (95 points)has the opportunity in the Pacific Nations Cup clash against Samoa to overtake Fiji’s Taniela Rawaga (103 points)and Japan’s James Arlidge (96 points) and become the leading PNC points-scorer of all time. Japan’s HITOSHI ONO will equal the record for most PNC appearances when he lines out against Fiji. ONO will join Samoa’s Filipo Lavea Levi and Sunia Koto on 19 appearances. Fiji and Japan are playing in their 25th Pacific Nations Cup match. Fiji have won 11 of those games while Japan are looking for their eighth victory in the competition. Japan have conceded more points in the PNC than any other team – 827. With 115 tries against, they’re also the only team to have conceded more than 100 tries over the duration of the competition.
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Fiji and Japan have endured contrasting fortunes and calendars since last year’s Rugby World Cup. In total Fiji have now won just three of their last 18 Tests, including a couple of wins against Tonga and one against Namibia. Japan finished off their Rugby World Cup with a 23-23 draw against Canada in Napier and four wins on the trot under new coach Eddie Jones in the Asian Five Nations should give them the edge in terms of confidence. Fiji on the other hand, will look to this month’s Pacific Nations Cup to rebuild after a hugely disappointing effort at Rugby World Cup 2011. One solitary win, a 49-25 victory over Namibia in Rotorua was all they had to show for their efforts, before succumbing to heavy defeats against South Africa (49-3), Samoa (27-7) and Wales (66-0). Fiji’s poor run of results is reflected in its points and tries totals for the last five games. The Pacific island nation have conceded 199 points and 22 tries in their last five games, compared to Japan’s 34 and four tries. However Japan’s figures reflect the fact that four of their last five games have been at this year’s 2012 Asian Five Nations against a lower level of opposition.
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Fiji have announced no fewer than seven new caps in their side to play Japan on Tuesday. Lock APISAI NAIKATINI, flanker ILIESA RATUVA, flyhalf SETAREKI KOROILAGILAGI, wings WATISONI VOTU and WAISEA VUIDRAVUWALU, centre ISAKI KATONIBAU and fullback SIMELI KONIFEREDI all make their first starts for their country. In addition, replacements SEREMAIA NAUREURE, BENEDITO KOROI and ALOISIO BUTONIDUALEVU will all make their debuts if they come off the bench. Japan, by contrast, have no players making a debut but they do field a first XV with seven players with 10 caps or less. Japan has over twice as many caps on the pitch as Fiji (269 to Fiji’s 110) yet still manages to have a younger average age (27 to Fiji’s 28) than their opposition.
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Just two of the Fiji side ply their trade in Europe. VERENEKI GONEVA plays with Tarbes while No.8 and captain NETANI TALEI plays with Edinburgh. Replacement ALOISIO BUTONIDUALEVA is another playing in France, with newly promoted Top 14 side Grenoble. Eleven of Japan’s starting XV come from just two clubs – Suntory Sungoliath provide six of Japans starting XV while Toshiba Brave Lupus provide another five.
© International Rugby Board 2012. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System
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FIJI
JAPAN
Team Sheets
15 Simeli Koniferedi
FIJI IRB RANKING: 16 Test #: 287
Replacements
Gaunavou
14
13
12
11
Waisea Nayacalevu
Vereniki Goneva
Isake Katonibau
Watisoni Votu
Uprising, Deuba
Tarbes
Army Green, Suva
Vuda Blues
10
9
Setareki Koroilagilagi
Nikola Matawalu
Army
Navy
Key Stats
8 Netani Talei (C) Edinburgh
6 Iliesa Ratuva
7
5 Apisai Naikatini
Army Green, Suva
Toyota Verblitz
3
# Caps Starting Lineup: 110 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 28 Oldest Player: Iliesa Ratuva (32) Youngest Player: Waisea Nayacalevu (21) Avg Weight Forwards: 112 kg
Mala Ravulo
4
Leone Nakarawa
Ravuka Sharks, Nadroga
16 Seremaia Naureure (Sigatoka, Nadroga) 17 Waisea Daveta Nailago (Toorak) 18 Samu Bola (Police) 19 Kelevi Ketedromo (Navoci) 20 Kelemedi Bola (Kadavu) 21 Benedito Koroi (Navy) 22 Aloisio Butonidualevu (FC Grenoble)
North Harbour
Officials
2
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland) - 4 Tests
1
Setefano Somoca
Viliame Veikoso
Graham Dewes
Police
QVSOB
Counties Manukau
Tests at Venue: 0 Tests Fiji: 0 Tests Japan: 0 Tests Test Debut: 16/06/2009 - France A v Romania
Assistant Referee 1: Pascal Gauzere (France)
1
2
Yusuke Nagae
Takeshi Kizu
Kensuke Hatakeyama
Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers
Ricoh Black Rams
Suntory Sungoliath
4 6 Yuta Mochizuki
Assistant Referee 2: Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
3
5
Shinya Makabe
Hitoshi Ono
Suntory Sungoliath
Toshiba Brave Lupus
Toshiba Brave Lupus
7 Takamichi Sasaki Suntory Sungoliath
8 Michael Leitch
16 Ryuhei Arita (Coca Cola West Red Sparks) 17 Hiroshi Yamashita (Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers) 18 Shoji Ito (Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers) 19 Takashi Kikutani (Toyota Verblitz) 20 Jun Fujii (Toshiba Brave Lupus) 21 Ryan Nicholas (Suntory Sungoliath) 22 Yasunori Nagatomo (Suntory Sungoliath)
Toshiba Brave Lupus
9
10
Atsushi Hiwasa
Kosei Ono
Suntory Sungoliath
Suntory Sungoliath
11
12
Replacements
13
14
Hirotoki Onozawa
Harumichi Tatekawa
Tomohiro Senba
Toshiaki Hirose (C)
Suntory Sungoliath
Kubota Spears
Toshiba Brave Lupus
Toshiba Brave Lupus
15 Ayumu Goromaru
Key Stats # Caps Starting Lineup: 269 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 27 Oldest Player: Hirotoki Onozawa (34) Youngest Player: Harumichi Tatekawa (22) Avg Weight Forwards: 106 kg
Yamaha Motor Jubilo JAPAN IRB RANKING: 14 Test #: 278
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FIJI
JAPAN
Head to Head
Recent Results Date
Team A
Result
Team B
Venue
13/07/2011
Japan
24
13
Fiji
Lautoka
12/06/2010
Fiji
22
8
Japan
Lautoka
03/07/2009
Fiji
40
39
Japan
Suva
22/06/2008
Japan
12
24
Fiji
Tokyo
12/09/2007
Japan
31
35
Fiji
Toulouse
Summary Fiji
13 Matches (0 Draw)
Japan
10
Won
3
355
Points
238
46
Tries
26
28
Conversions
14
25
Penalties
26
0
Drop Goals
1
Player Records For Fiji against Japan Sunia Koto - 6
For Japan against Fiji Appearances
6 - 2 Players
Nicky Little - 56
Points
Akapusi Qera - 4
Tries
Nicky Little - 10
Conversions
Nicky Little - 12
Penalties
7 - Keiji Hirose
Drop Goals
1 - Andy Miller
-
22 - Ryan Nicholas 3 - 2 Players 4 - Ryan Nicholas
Player Records in a Match For Fiji against Japan Seremaia Bai on 03/07/2009 - 20
For Japan against Fiji Points
On 6 Occasions - 2
Tries
On 3 Occasions - 4
Conversions
Seremaia Bai on 03/07/2009 - 4 -
16 - Shotaro Onishi on 12/09/2007 2 - On 4 Occasions 4 - Ryan Nicholas on 03/07/2009
Penalties
4 - On 3 Occasions
Drop Goals
1 - Andy Miller on 23/10/2003
Team Records in a Match For Fiji against Japan
For Japan against Fiji
On 20/05/2000 - 47
Points
39 - On 03/07/2009
On 2 Occasions - 6
Tries
5 - On 03/07/2009
On 3 Occasions - 4
Conversions
4 - On 03/07/2009
On 2 Occasions - 4
Penalties
4 - On 3 Occasions
Drop Goals
1 - On 23/10/2003
-
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FIJI
Recent Matches
Head Coach: Inoke Male Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:
v ( -) 0.00% 0.00
Fiji Record Under Inoke Male 0 Wins
0 Drawn
0 Lost
Date
Opponent
Result
Venue
02/10/2011
Wales
L
0
66
Hamilton
25/09/2011
Samoa
L
7
27
Auckland
17/09/2011
South Africa
L
3
49
Wellington
10/09/2011
Namibia
W
49
25
Rotorua
19/08/2011
Tonga
L
20
32
Lautoka
0 For
Points
0 Against
0 For
Tries
0 Against
0 For
Conversions
0 Against
Points For
79
0 For
Penalties
0 Against
Points Ag
199
0 For
Drop Goals
0 Against
Tries For
9
Tries Ag
22
Player Info For Fiji Player Graham Dewes Viliame Veikoso Setefano Somoca Apisai Naikatini Leone Nakarawa Iliesa Ratuva Mala Ravulo Netani Talei (C) Nikola Matawalu Setareki Koroilagilagi Watisoni Votu Isake Katonibau Vereniki Goneva Waisea Nayacalevu Simeli Koniferedi
Pos
Age
Debut
Caps
Caps as Sub
Caps v Opponent
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points
Tries
Cons
Pens
DGs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
30 30 31 27 24 32 28 29 23 27 27 29 28 21 27
26/05/2007 14/11/2009 13/07/2011
24 15 5 0 11 0 9 21 3 0 0 0 22 0 0
8 8 3 0 4 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
5 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
11 5 0 0 4 0 3 12 2 0 0 0 8 0 0
1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 9 5 0 7 0 5 9 1 0 0 0 13 0 0
5 0 0 0 10 0 5 15 5 0 0 0 60 0 0
1 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 12 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
110
39
16
45
4
61
100
20
0
0
0
0 6 12 2 3 0 0
0 4 6 0 3 0 0
0 1 2 1 0 0 0
0 2 7 2 2 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 4 5 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 5 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21/11/2009 13/11/2010 10/06/2006 12/06/2010
19/05/2007
Total Seremaia Naureure Waisea Daveta Nailago Samu Bola Kelevi Ketedromo Kelemedi Bola Benedito Koroi Aloisio Butonidualevu
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
25 23 29 31 30 28 28
13/07/2011 13/06/2009 12/06/2010 28/11/2009
Records For Fiji Caps
Tries
Points
71 - Nicky Little
18 - Sanivalati Laulau
670 - Nicky Little
50 - Jacob Rauluni
16 - Fero Lasagavibau
268 - Severo Koroduadua
49 - Joeli Veitayaki
16 - Viliame Satala
223 - Seremaia Bai
Player Records (In a Match)
Team Records (In a Match)
Points:
36 - Severo Koroduadua v Niue Island on 10/09/1983
Points:
120 v Niue Island on 10/09/1983
Tries:
6 - Tevita Makutu v Papua New Guinea on 30/08/1979
Tries:
25 v Solomon Islands on 21/08/1969
Conversions:
18 - Severo Koroduadua v Niue Island on 10/09/1983
Conversions:
19 v Solomon Islands on 21/08/1969
Penalties:
7 - Nicky Little v Samoa on 08/07/2001
Penalties:
7 v Samoa on 08/07/2001
Drop Goals:
3 - Opeti Turuva v Samoa on 02/07/1994
Drop Goals:
3 on 2 Occasions
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JAPAN
Recent Matches
Head Coach: Eddie Jones Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:
28/04/2012 v Kazakhstan (W 87-0) 100.00% 12.00
Date
Opponent
19/05/2012
Hong Kong
W
67
0
Tokyo
12/05/2012
Korea
W
52
8
Seoul
0 Lost
05/05/2012
United Arab Emirates
W
106
3
Fukuoka
Japan Record Under Eddie Jones
Result
Venue
4 Wins
0 Drawn
312 For
Points
11 Against
28/04/2012
Kazakhstan
W
87
0
Almaty
48 For
Tries
1 Against
27/09/2011
Canada
D
23
23
Napier
36 For
Conversions
0 Against
0 For
Penalties
2 Against
0 For
Drop Goals
0 Against
Points For
335
Points Ag
34
Tries For
50
Tries Ag
4
Player Info For Japan Player Yusuke Nagae Takeshi Kizu Kensuke Hatakeyama Shinya Makabe Hitoshi Ono Yuta Mochizuki Takamichi Sasaki Michael Leitch Atsushi Hiwasa Kosei Ono Hirotoki Onozawa Harumichi Tatekawa Tomohiro Senba Toshiaki Hirose (C) Ayumu Goromaru Ryuhei Arita Hiroshi Yamashita Shoji Ito Takashi Kikutani Jun Fujii Ryan Nicholas Yasunori Nagatomo
Pos
Age
Debut
Caps
Caps as Sub
Caps v Opponent
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points
Tries
Cons
Pens
DGs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
26 23 26 25 34 30 28 23 25 25 34 22 29 30 26
28/04/2012 21/11/2009 16/11/2008 21/11/2009 16/05/2004 28/04/2012 29/04/2007 16/11/2008 30/04/2011 22/04/2007 17/06/2001 28/04/2012 28/04/2012 29/04/2007 16/04/2005
4 11 31 6 58 4 10 25 12 9 71 4 4 5 15
1 8 7 2 11 1 2 5 7 3 8 2 0 0 5
0 1 2 0 6 0 1 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 0
4 10 21 6 34 4 6 17 6 5 37 4 4 5 10
0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
0 1 9 0 21 0 4 7 5 4 31 0 0 0 5
0 25 40 5 50 10 20 35 0 20 255 11 10 25 111
0 5 8 1 10 2 4 7 0 2 51 1 2 5 9
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 33
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
269
62
18
173
9
87
617
108
38
2
0
28/04/2012 25/04/2009 28/04/2012 05/11/2005 28/04/2012 26/04/2008 01/05/2010
4 10 4 48 4 35 7
1 7 3 6 1 1 4
0 1 0 5 0 4 0
4 7 4 29 4 22 7
0 0 0 1 0 1 0
0 3 0 18 0 12 0
5 0 5 115 5 193 20
1 0 1 23 1 9 4
0 0 0 0 0 53 0
0 0 0 0 0 14 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 26 31 32 29 33 27
Records For Japan Caps
Tries
Points
79 - Yukio Motoki
69 - Daisuke Ohata
413 - Keiji Hirose
71 - Hirotoki Onozawa
49 - Hirotoki Onozawa
347 - Toru Kurihara
61 - Takeomi Ito
28 - Terunori Masuho
345 - Daisuke Ohata
Player Records (In a Match)
Team Records (In a Match)
Points:
60 - Toru Kurihara v Chinese Taipei on 21/07/2002
Points:
155 v Chinese Taipei on 06/07/2002
Tries:
8 - Daisuke Ohata v Chinese Taipei on 06/07/2002
Tries:
23 v Chinese Taipei on 06/07/2002
Conversions:
15 - Toru Kurihara v Chinese Taipei on 21/07/2002
Conversions:
20 v Chinese Taipei on 06/07/2002
Penalties:
9 - Keiji Hirose v Tonga on 08/05/1999
Penalties:
9 v Tonga on 08/05/1999
2 - Kensuke Iwabuchi v Argentina on 15/09/1998
Drop Goals:
2 v Argentina on 15/09/1998
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